With Sympathy

Probably the worst kind of card you'll ever have to make is a sympathy card. It means that a loved one is no longer with the recipient(s). This week I, unfortunately have to make two sympathy cards. So where to start. And then I remembered a new Iris image that I got from Heartsong Designs. It is such a beautiful "calming" type of flower. And the wonderful purple color of an iris was something that I couldn't resist.

I colored this image using Prisma Scholar coloring pencils. I used 2 different shades of purple...a light lavender and a darker purple. I then added blue to the areas that I thought should be a little darker. I then blended it with oms. I have no idea why it looks like there is a shiney area on it because I added nothing to make it shine. Unfortunately, I had no time to take another picture before I had to leave to bring it to her. In the top left and bottom right corners I added a die that I cut using my cuttlebug, with a white pearl in the middle of each flower. In the top right and bottom left I added 3 small purple pearls.

Supplies:
Base CS and Blue scalloped oval cs - SU
White cs - Michaels
DP - Dollar Giant
Small and large pearls are from Michaels
Lavendar ribbon - Michaels
Colored with Prisma Scholar pencil crayons and oms